Text Labels Page (Properties Dialog Box)

Use this page of the Properties dialog box to configure the text labels for a numeric object with a scale.

This page includes the following components:

Note Some of the components in this list do not apply to all objects.

Sequential values—Remove the checkmark from this checkbox if you want to assign a specific numeric value to each item.

Text Labels and Values—Labels that appear on the front panel and their corresponding values. For numeric objects with a scale, the Text Labels column contains the items from which you can select in the control. The Values column contains the numeric values for each item. You also can use the Strings And Values [] property to specify the labels and values on a ring control programmatically.

Allow undefined values at run time—Allows the user to enter values not already in the list of values defined for the control. Remove the checkmark from this checkbox if you want the user to select from the list of values defined for the control. You also can use the Allow Undefined Values property or the Allow Undefined Strings property to allow undefined numeric or string values programmatically.

For enums, the Items column contains the strings from which you can select in the control. The Values column contains the numeric values for each item. You also can use the Strings [] property to specify the items on an enum programmatically.